ice cream trucks
Ice cream vendor fined $4.4M gets seized trucks back in deal to settle debt
Its owners must have brain-freeze. An ice-cream-truck company accused of racking up $4.5 million in traffic fines struck a deal with the city Monday to get back 35 of its...
Inside the excellent crackdown on criminal ice cream trucks
One challenge for any mayor running for national office is that New York isn’t like the rest of America. Last week, as New Yorkers finally began sweltering under summer-ish temperatures,...
Tenants, son slam soft-serve king accused in multimillion-dollar ticket scam
Accused ice-cream “cone” artist Dimitrios Tsirkos has a freezer full of problems. The soft-serve king, whose fleet of trucks got scooped up last week after he was charged with ducking...
Dozens of NYC ice cream trucks seized over huge ticket scam
Freeze! Justice was soft-served Wednesday when nearly 50 ice-cream trucks were seized by the city in Queens over an alleged multimillion-dollar ticket-avoidance scheme. The New York Ice Cream-branded vehicles had...
Toddler killed by ice cream truck
A 2-year-old girl was fatally struck by an ice cream truck over the weekend in Missouri, police said. The girl, identified by relatives as Felicity Karam, was struck at about...
Hundreds complained about Mister Softee ice cream truck music
We all scream for ice cream, but some New Yorkers are screaming mad over Mister Softee and its iconic jingle. Nearly 1,300 complaints were filed with the city over the...
4-year-old boy killed by ice cream truck
THOMPSON, N.Y. — Authorities say a 4-year-old boy died after he was hit by an ice cream truck in New York's Catskills region. The Sullivan County sheriff's office says Shmuel...
Boy robs ice cream truck driver at gunpoint: police
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — An ice cream truck driver told police in Virginia that a boy pointed a gun at him and robbed him. The Daily Press reports that the...
Mister Softee has team spying on rival ice cream truck
It’s the harder side of soft serve. Mister Softee has hired a team of private eyes in its ongoing battle with upstart competitor New York Ice Cream — with one...
'Artisan' ice cream shop adds third Manhattan location
Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream, which started out of a yellow truck on city streets in 2008, is adding a third Manhattan store. The brand signed a lease for a...
Boston Police Department unveils $89K ice cream truck
BOSTON — The Boston Police Department has unveiled an $89,000 ice cream truck as the newest addition to its patrol fleet. The truck, adorned with balloons and Boston police decals,...
Town finally lifts ban on ice cream trucks
An Illinois village is finally getting some sweet relief — after lifting its 53-year ban on ice cream trucks. Strawberry shortcake, chocolate eclairs and other icy treats returned this week...
Those ice cream truck jingles are keeping New Yorkers up at night
The city isn't sweet on late-night ice cream truck jingles. Vendors shouldn't be allowed to blast the dizzying ditties between 9 pm and 9 am, the Department of Environmental Protection...
Warmer weather gives second life for city's ice cream vendors
The balmy city weather has been a boon to business people whose gear would normally be packed away in storage by now — ice cream vendors. “It’s a one-time-in-20-year event,”...
Man swipes $1K worth of ice-cream from trucks
An ice-cream crook scooped up more than $1,000 worth of frozen treats from trucks in Brooklyn, police said Tuesday. The sticky-fingered bandit twice robbed trucks in a private lot on...
Ice cream truck driver fatally shot while serving kids
FREDERICK, Md. — Police say an ice cream truck driver in Maryland was gunned down as he was selling treats to children and a suspect has been arrested. Frederick police...
Judge cracks down on fake 'Mister Softee' truck vendor
A Brooklyn judge took a hard line on some fake Softees. Federal Judge Joan Azrack issued a default judgment against an ice cream truck vendor who dressed his rides to...
NYers lodge over 7,000 ice cream truck complaints in 4 years
It’s a jingle out there. New Yorkers have lodged a brain-freezing 7,031 complaints about music-blasting ice cream trucks in the past four years, city data reveal. Fed up residents at...